ش • ح • م

, (S, Msb, K,) aor. شَحُمَ , (K,) inf. n. شَحَامَةٌ, (MA, Msb,) He (a man, S, K) was, or became, fat; (S, MA, K;) as also شَحِمَ, aor. شَحَمَ : (TA:) or he was, or became, abundant in the fat of his person. (Msb.) And شَحُمَتْ إِبِلُهُ (K) His camels were, or became, fat. (TA.) And شُحِمَتِ النَّاقَةُ; and شَحَمَت, aor. شَحُمَ ; of the classes of عُنِىَ and نَصَرَ; inf. n. شَحْمٌ and شُحُومٌ; The she-camel became fat after leanness. (TA.) شَحِمَ, (S, K,) aor. شَحَمَ , (K,) inf. n. شَحَمٌ, (TA,) He was, or became, eagerly desirous of fat. (S, K, TA.) And He ate much fat. (TA.) -A2- شَحَمَهُ, (K,) or شَحَمَ أَصْحَابَهُ, (S,) aor. شَحَمَ , (K,) inf. n. شَحْمٌ, (TA,) He fed him, or his companions, with fat; or gave him, or them, fat to eat. (S, K.)

He had much fat in his possession: like as الحم signifies “ he had much flesh in his possession. ” (TA.)

One who feeds men with fat. (S, TA.) And A man having, or possessing, fat; like لَاحِمٌ signifying “ having, or possessing, flesh: ” possessive epithets like لَابِنٌ and تَامِرٌ. (TA.) See also شَحَّامٌ.

Eagerly desirous of fat. (S, K.) One says, رَجُلٌ شَحِمٌ لَحِمٌ A man eagerly desirous of fat and of flesh. (TA.) عِنَبٌ شَحِمٌ Grapes having little juice (K, TA) and thick skin. (TA.) And رُمَّانَةٌ شَحِمَةٌ A pomegranate having thick شَحْمَة [or pulp amid the seeds]. (TA.)

Fat, as an epithet applied to a man: (ISk, S, K:) or abundant in the fat of his person. (Msb.)

, (S, Msb, K,) of an animal, (Msb,) a word of well known meaning, (S, Msb, K,) Fat; (MA, KL;) the substance of fatness: (ISd, TA:) شَحْمَةٌ is a more special term, (S, Msb,) [i. e. a n. un.,] signifying a piece thereof: (K:) the pl. of the former is شُحُومٌ. (Msb, TA.) It is said of the Jews, in a trad., حَرُمَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الشُّحُومُ فَبَاعُوهَا وَأَكَلُوا أَثْمَانَهَا [Fats have been forbidden to them; but they have sold them, and have devoured the prices thereof: see Lev. vii. 23]: the fat that is forbidden to them is that of the kidneys and of the stomach and of the intestines into which the food passes from the stomach; but not that of the أَلَيْة [meaning the “ rump, ” and also the “ tail of a sheep, ”] nor of the back. (TA.) One says, لَقِيتُهُ بِشَحْمِ كُلَاهُ [lit. I met him, or found him, with the fat of his kidneys,] meaning, (tropical:) in his state of briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness. (K, TA.) And of him who is deemed weak, one says, فُلَانٌ شَحْمٌ لِلْمُبْتَلِعِ (tropical:) [lit. Such a one is fat for the swallower]. (Ham p. 771.) Also The hump of the camel: (TA:) heard by Az from the Arabs in this sense. (TA in art. حم.) And The whiteness [app. meaning the white part] of the belly. (TA.) شَحْمَةُ الأُذُنِ [The lobe, or lobule, of the ear;] the part, of the ear, to which the قُرْط [i. e. ear-ring or ear-drop] is suspended; (S, Msb, K;) i. e. the soft portion of the lower part of the ear: or the place of the perforation for the قُرْط. (TA.) شَحْمَةُ العَيْنِ The مُقْلَة of the eye; (TA;) i. e., what comprises the white and the black of the eye: (Zj in his “ Khalk el-Insán; ” and S and Msb and K voce مُقْلَةٌ:) [this is what is generally meant by it; i. e. the globe of the eye:] in the T it is said to be the حَدَقَة [i. e. black, or what is in the middle of the white,] of the eye: and some say that it is the شَحْمَة [app. meaning the whole substance] that is beneath [or behind] the حَدَقَة. (TA.) شَحْمَةُ الحَنْظَلِ [and شَحْمُهُ, as in the K in art. حنظل,] The inner part [i. e. the pulp] of the colocynth, exclusive of its seeds. (K.) شَحْمَةُ الرُّمَّانِ The thin yellow [pulp] that is amid the seeds of the pomegranate; (K;) or, as in the M, the substance that separates the seeds of the pomegranate. (TA.) شَحْمُ النَّخْلِ The heart pith, or cerebrum, (جُمَّار,) of palm-trees: (S in art. جذب:) and شَحْمَةُ النَّخْلَةِ the heart (جُمَّارَة) of the palm-tree. (M, TA.) شَحْمَةُ المَرْجِ The خِطْمِىّ [or marsh-mallow]. (K.) شَحْمُ الأَرْضِ The truffle; as a gen. n.; syn. الكَمْءُ: (TA in art. كمأ:) and شَحْمَةُ الأَرْضِ the truffle; as a n. un.; syn. الكَمْأَةُ: (K:) or the white truffle; syn. الكَمْأَةُ البَيْضَاءُ. (S.) [It should be observed that الكَمْءُ is generally held to be a n. un.; and الكَمْأَةُ, to be a coll. gen. n.; contr. to analogy: but they are here evidently used in the reverse manner.] شَحْمَةُ الأَرْضِ also signifies A certain white worm: or is of (مِن [which is omitted in some of the copies of the K]) the [long worms, found in moist earth, and in the mud of rivers, called] خَرَاطِين: (K, TA:) or a white عَظَاءَة [n. un. of عَظَاءٌ, q. v.], not big: or, as some say, it is not of the [species called] عَظَاء; it is more pleasant [to the taste], and better: and [because it dwells in the sand-hills,] they say [i. e. call it] also شَحْمَةُ النَّقَا, like as they say بَنَاتُ النَّقَا: (TA:) it is the [reptile called] حُلَكَة, which dives into the sand, and to which the fingers (بَنَان) of virgins are likened. (TA in art. ارض. [See حُلَكَةٌ: and see also شَبَثٌ.]) أَبُو شَحْمٍ is an appellation of The small species of what is called حِمَارُ قَبَّانَ. (TA in art. قب, q. v.) [See also شَحْمَةٌ below.]

[n. un. of شَحْمٌ, which see throughout. -A2- Also] A certain bird. (K. [For طَايءِرٌ, which I regard as the right reading, in the CK, I find in other copies of the K الطَّايءِرُ as an explanation of الشَّحْمَةُ.]) -A3- And A certain game of the children of the Arabs of the desert. (K, * TA.)

A seller of fat; (S, K;) as also ↓ شَاحِمٌ. (K.) And One who feeds men much with fat. (TA.)

, with damm, [as though pl. of أَشْحَمُ, which I do not find mentioned,] White; applied to men. (IAar, TA.)

Food, and bread, into which fat has been put; (TA;) [and so ↓ مُشَحَّمٌ, for] one says خُبْزَةٌ مُشَحَّمَةٌ [a cake of bread, &c., into which fat has been put]. (K in art. ربق.)

See مُشْحِمٌ.

, (S, [so in my copies, see 4, of which it is the part. n.,]) or ↓ مُشَحِّمٌ, like مُحَدِّثٌ [in measure], (K,) [both perhaps correct,] A man having much fat in his house or tent. (S, K.) And the former, A man whose camels are fat. (K.)